CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Stony Brook completed a 2-0 weekend in America East volleyball
conference play, including handing Albany its first home conference loss in two
year, helping the Seawolves sweep conference weekly honors for the week ending
Oct. 28. Freshman Melissa Rigo earned America East Player and Rookie of the
Week, while Nicole Vogel was named Setter of the Week.
Rigo and Vogel
were key in helping Stony Brook to road wins over Albany and Hartford. The
Seawolves beat the Great Danes for the
first time in exactly five years, while also handing Albany their first
conference loss in over a year, and first home conference loss in more than two
years.
Rigo (East
Northport, N.Y.) earned America East Player of the Week for the second time
this season, and Rookie of the Week for the fifth time after leading the conference
in kills per set (4.88) and ranking second in hitting percentage (.287). She
posted her 10th double-double of the season in Stony Brook's upset of
first-place Albany, recording 14 kills and 13 digs. She went on to notch a
career-high 25 kills on just 42 swings- good for a career-best .452 hitting
percentage- in a four-set win over Hartford. Rigo also averaged 2.75 digs per
set and five blocks over the weekend.
Vogel (Costa
Mesa, Calif.) earned her first America East Setter of the Week honor after
leading the conference in assists per set (11.50) and helping the Seawolves to
a conference-best .238 hitting percentage. She began the weekend with 42
assists, 10 digs and four blocks to notch her seventh double-double of the
season in a win over Albany. She then had a career-high 50 assists and helped
the team to a .300 hitting percentage at Hartford while also recording nine
digs and two blocks. Twice she posted 15-assist sets vs. the Hawks. It was the
fifth and sixth times this season Vogel has posted 40+ assists, and the third
time this season she's led SB to a .300 hitting percentage or better.
Notes
Albany's home
loss to Stony Brook on Friday night was the team's first America East loss
since falling at New Hampshire on October 16, 2011, and first home conference
loss since losing to Binghamton on October 22, 2010... The second and fifth-place
teams are separated by just 1.5 games with two weekends remaining in the regular-season...
Rigo leads the conference in kills per set at 4.35 kills per set. The last time
a rookie led the conference in kills per set was Maine's Leah Voss in 2000.
2012
America East Volleyball Weekly Award Winners
Aug.
27 - Player of the Week: Melissa Rigo (Stony Brook); Setter
of the Week: Taylor Dunklau (New Hampshire); Rookie of the Week: Melissa Rigo
(Stony Brook)
Sept.
4 - Player of the Week: Sareeta Nethersole (Hartford); Setter
of the Week: Taylor Dunklau (New Hampshire); Rookie of the Week: Melissa Rigo
(Stony Brook)
Sept.
10 - Player of the Week: Morgan Thatcher (New Hampshire);
Setter of the Week: Taylor Dunklau (New Hampshire); Rookie of the Week: Melissa
Rigo (Stony Brook)
Sept. 17 - Player of the Week: Sherelle Walker
(UMBC); Setter of the Week: Mallory McIntyre (UMBC); Rookie of the Week:
Sherelle Walker (UMBC)
Sept. 24 - Player of the Week: Morgan Thatcher
(New Hampshire); Setter of the Week: Amanda Dettmann (Binghamton); Rookie of
the Week: Brenna Buckwalter (New Hampshire)
Oct. 1 - Player of the Week: Morgan Thatcher
(New Hampshire); Setter of the Week: Jansan Falcusan (New Hampshire); Rookie of
the Week: Sherelle Walker (UMBC)
Oct. 8 - Player of the Week: Sara Pope
(Albany); Setter of the Week: Gabby Whitworth (Albany); Rookie of the Week:
Melissa Rigo (Stony Brook)
Oct. 15 - Player of the Week: Sara Pope
(Albany); Setter of the Week: Jackie Tamburri (Hartford); Rookie of the Week:
Tori Forrest (New Hampshire)
Oct. 22 - Player of the Week: Morgan Thatcher
(New Hampshire); Setter of the Week: Taylor Dunklau (New Hampshire); Rookie of
the Week: Tori Forrest (New Hampshire)
Oct. 29 - Player of the Week: Melissa Rigo (Stony
Brook); Setter of the Week: Nicole Vogel (Stony Brook); Rookie of the Week:
Melissa Rigo (Stony Brook)